Denver (CO) Mayor John W. Hickenlooper, Chair
May 29, 2006

Resolution #63: America’s Mayors – Partners In Promoting Broadband-Video Deployment and Competition calls on the Administration and Congress to close the digital divide by ensuring that broadband-video services are made available to all in a reasonable period of time; avoid fiscal harm to local governments through fair rent for use of rights-of-ways; retain the full 5 percent franchise fee; and preserve local governments’ management of the rights-of-ways.

Resolution #64: To Encourage Congress To Bridge The Broadband Divide calls on Congress to pass legislation to spur the deployment of high'speed internet to all Americans; encourage the provision of affordable and ubiquitous wireless broadband services, including through such means as allocating more low-frequency wireless spectrum for unlicensed use and by ensuring that municipalities and local governments have the ability to sponsor the deployment of wireless broadband networks under local control.

Resolution #65: Local Government Support In Providing Broadband Internet Access Services To Citizens urges the Congress to ensure the continued ability of local governments to offer broadband Internet service access to citizens, and endorse S. 1294, the Community Broadband Act, and Title IV of H.R. 5252, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act.

Resolution #66: Transportation Investment – Rebuilding Intercity Passenger Rail urges the Administration and Congress to stabilize Amtrak operations, infrastructure, and financials by appropriating Amtrak’s FY07 grant request of $1.59 billion while federal policy makers debate the long-term authorization for Amtrak.

Resolution #67: Enhanced Transportation Security: Public Transportation urges the Administration and Congress to provide at least $560 million in the FY07 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill for transit security grants; fund deployment of security and communications technologies; fund security infrastructure expansion, modernization and rehabilitation; and support a robust and dedicated funding source for transit related research and development technology.

Resolution #68: In Support Of A National Initiative To Increase Federal Investment In Public Mass Transit Systems And Technologies To Provide For More Affordable, Energy-Efficient, And Safe Travel Choices urges the Administration and Congress to fully implement the funding packages authorized in the SAFETEA-LU legislation, and to substantially increase future investment focused on a national initiative for substantial and rapid expansion of the public mass transit system network.

Resolution #69: In support Of Identifying Viable And Stable Funding Mechanisms For Future Roadway And Transit Infrastructure Investment supports identifying equitable, viable and stable funding mechanisms for future roadway and transit infrastructure investment by urging Congress to (1) index the motor fuel tax equivalent to the annual inflation rate in the transportation sector beginning in 2007 and (2) minimize special exemptions from the fuel tax and diversion of HTF funds to fund other non-transportation infrastructure and programs.

Resolution #70: Reducing Travel Demand By Providing Alternatives calls upon the President and the Congress to enact legislation, create programs, and provide funding for transportation demand'side strategies that provide travelers and commuters with commuting options, such as walking, biking, carpooling, teleworking, and fast, reliable, and convenient public transportation, and reduce demand for travel by single-occupancy vehicles.

Resolution #71: In Opposition To Proposed Cuts To The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) calls on Congress to fund the AIP at the authorized level for fiscal year 2007 of $3.7 billion in order to meet the nation’s aviation infrastructure and capacity needs.

Resolution #72: Urging Sufficient Funding For The Transportation Security Administration’s Passenger Screener Workforce And An Allocation Of Screeners To Reduce Passenger Wait Times At Busy Commercial Service Airports calls on Congress to provide sufficient funding for fiscal year 2007 to allow TSA to maintain a workforce of no less than 43,000 FTEs, thereby helping to avoid a significant increase in passenger wait times at many airports.

Resolution #73: Urging Increased Funding For The Transportation Security Administration’s Baggage And Cargo Screening Explosive Detection System Program calls on Congress to provide funding for EDS in-line installation costs at the authorized level of $650 million and develop effective creative financing options that will accelerate the installation of efficient, cost-effective, in-line EDS equipment where appropriate, without imposing an underfunded mandate on airport sponsors.

Resolution #74: Urging Sufficient Funding For The Customs And Border Protection Workforce To Alleviate Chronic Delays In Processing Arriving International Passengers calls on Congress to ensure that sufficient funds are provided in fiscal year 2007 to increase the CBP workforce to alleviate the chronic delays in processing arriving international passengers.

Resolution #75: Increasing Federal Role In The Assessment, Development And Financing Of Critical National Infrastructure urges the Congress to immediately address the country’s infrastructure financing gap through short-term measures such as expanding the use of flexible tolling provisions and extending to all infrastructure projects those federal policy options that enable public-private partnerships and stimulate greater investment by private sector, such as Private Activity Bonds, as well as longer term strategies for the future such as the development of a more progressive alternative transportation funding system like Mileage/Weight Based Revenue systems.